# BOLD Music — Millions of New & Free Music > Highly customizable music player with millions of free songs and audio effects. (iPhone/iPad app by Jacob Cavin.) - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/bold-music/id1228763787 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`) - Developer: [Jacob Cavin](https://appshunter.io/developer/1144162965) - Category: Music, Music, Entertainment - Price: Free with in-app purchases - Rating: 4.67/5 from 6 App Store ratings · 8 written reviews indexed - Age rating: 12+ - Requires: iOS 16.0 · 93 MB - Languages: English - Released: 2017-07-27 - Data updated: 2026-06-10 - Monetization: freemium - User reviews in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/bold-music/id1228763787/reviews.md ## What is BOLD Music? Discover millions of new songs with BOLD Music, an innovative app offering unparalleled customization. Choose between animated Player backgrounds, real-time EQ and audio effects, and the ability to personalize the entire app's theme colors like never before. BOLD Music redefines music apps with its unique and exceptional level of customization. FEATURES - Millions of songs. Always free. - Beautiful, customizable, and unique animated player backgrounds - Tap into an 8-band equalizer to adjust the frequencies of music in real-time - Add reverb effects like plate, small room, cathedral, and more - Add distortion effects like lofi drums, echo, cellphone concert, and more - Customize the entire app's background, text, and accent colors to make it truly your own - Create playlists with uniquely customizable art - Save songs and playlists to your personal music library - Play thousands of community-curated playlists - Features 250,000+ artists from a wide range of genres - Customize player controls like next song or skipping or rewinding a few seconds - Swipe gestures on the Player for ease of use while driving - Now Playing and Up Next widgets for the home and lock screen - Receive notifications when a new song is played (optional, of course) - Add, rearrange, and shuffle songs in an Up Next queue - Search through the entire catalog of songs, artists, and playlists - Dozens of app icons BOLD Music was designed carefully and thoughtfully to be new and unique to any other music app out there. It was designed to be beautiful, easy to use, and seamless. We have put a massive priority on customization, allowing you to customize every aspect of the app’s theme colors. You can also choose between six animated and timed Player backgrounds; Blobs, Angular, Linear, Colorful, Solid, and Black. You can also use real-time Equalizer, reverb, and distortion effects to even customize how your music sounds! BOLD Music learns what type of music you like and recommends similar music, artists, and playlists to you, all without risking your privacy. You can discover new songs, artists, and playlists to create your own library custom playlists! All of these amazing features and more! ## Key features - Millions of free songs - Animated player backgrounds - Real-time EQ and audio effects - Full app theme color customization - Customizable playlist art - Personalized music recommendations - Home and lock screen widgets ## Pricing and in-app purchases Base price: Free. **Subscriptions** | Subscription | Price | Period | | --- | --- | --- | | BOLD Music+ (Monthly) | $0.99 | per month | | BOLD Music+ (Yearly) | $7.99 | per year | ## Recent user reviews (8 of 8) All indexed reviews: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/bold-music/id1228763787/reviews.md ### 3/5 — Good In Theory But Needs Improvement *2021-03-16, version 2.0* Seems like it will make an incredible app SOMEDAY- just keep working on it, adding new music, and squishing those darn bugs! 🐜 ### 3/5 — Provide Links to the artist *2021-01-06, version 2.0* So I had to look up the songs to find the artist on YouTube and give them credit it would be nice if the app provided links so I only have to find a song on the app otherwise might as well check YouTube straight out! ### 3/5 — Question *2020-03-12, version 2.0* Please I want to know if you can download songs with this app ### 1/5 — Looks cool *2019-12-04, version 2.0* It looked like it was good. Can’t listen to any song, keeps kicking me out.... **Developer response:** Hello! We are so sorry about this major inconvenience. This bug began when iOS 13 was released and we were not aware of it until a few weeks ago. We are working hard to remove all bugs and add a lot of cool features! Hang on a bit longer. ### 1/5 — Malfunction *2019-11-10, version 2.0* Every time I tap in the music icon in the opened app it closes. Rendering it useless Please help thank you **Developer response:** Hello! We are so sorry about this inconvenience! We started experiencing this issue in iOS 13. We hope to have an update out soon fixing the problem and introducing new features. ### 1/5 — App Closes *2019-11-05, version 2.0* Never even got a chance to use the app. It took 15 minutes to download and then it constantly force closes as soon as I try to listen to a song. 😡 **Developer response:** Hello! We completely understand why you are upset. We started experiencing this issue in iOS 13 and we are working hard to fix it. We hope to have an update out soon fixing the problem and introducing new features. ### 1/5 — Don’t waste your memory on this *2019-10-27, version 2.0* App keeps crashing, I can’t even do anything with it closing big disappointment! **Developer response:** Hello! We are aware of this issue and are working hard to fix it. We started experiencing this issue in iOS 13. We hope to have an update out soon fixing the problem and introducing new features. ### 5/5 — Love this app *2017-08-09, version 1.0.1* This app is amazing I use it for all my YouTube videos ## Frequently asked questions about BOLD Music ### What makes BOLD Music unique? BOLD Music stands out with its unparalleled customization, allowing users to personalize animated player backgrounds, app theme colors, and audio effects in real-time. It offers millions of songs for free and learns your preferences for personalized recommendations. ### Can I use BOLD Music offline? The provided description does not specify offline playback capabilities. However, it does mention saving songs and playlists to a personal music library, which may allow for offline listening. ### Does BOLD Music have ads? No, BOLD Music is ad-free, allowing for an uninterrupted listening experience. This is confirmed by the application's data indicating 'hasAds' is false. ### What are the subscription options for BOLD Music+? BOLD Music offers a subscription called BOLD Music+. It is available on a monthly basis for $0.99/month or a yearly basis for $7.99/year, providing enhanced features or an ad-free experience. ### How often is BOLD Music updated? BOLD Music was last updated on August 4, 2023, with version 4.0.2. This indicates a relatively recent update, suggesting ongoing development and support for the application. ### What devices is BOLD Music available on? BOLD Music is supported on iPhones and iPads, as indicated by the 'supportedDevices' field in the application data. It is designed for Apple's mobile operating systems. ### What is the age rating for BOLD Music? BOLD Music has an age rating of 12+. This suggests that the content within the app is considered appropriate for users aged 12 and older. ### How does BOLD Music handle user privacy? BOLD Music states that it learns your music preferences and recommends similar content without risking your privacy. This implies a commitment to user data protection. ## Version history (last 5 releases) ### 4.0.2 — 2023-08-04 In our latest major update, BOLD Music 4.0 brought massive updates like insane customization, real-time EQ and audio effects, animated player backgrounds, custom playlists, app-wide redesign, and much more! This version contains bug fixes and general improvements. BUG FIXES - Greatly improves connection and control on the Lock Screen, Control Center, and Dynamic Island music players - Ask Siri to shuffle and repeat music - Improves auto-playing the Up Next queue, especially while in the background - Improves music loading performance - Other minor bug fixes and improvements ### 4.0.1 — 2023-07-26 In our latest major update, BOLD Music 4.0 brought massive updates like insane customization, real-time EQ and audio effects, animated player backgrounds, custom playlists, app-wide redesign, and much more! This version contains bug fixes and general improvements. BUG FIXES - Player controls would at times be invisible or distorted - Player layout and spacing improved for all devices sizes - Artwork aligns better in the MiniPlayer on larger devices - AirPlay icon is much more consistent with which device you are connected to - Other minor bug fixes and improvements ### 4.0 — 2023-07-25 We have been hard at work on some massive updates to BOLD Music and it is finally time for us to reveal them to you. We have literally rebuilt BOLD Music from scratch, to provide entirely new experiences. Let’s get straight into it! APP THEME CUSTOMIZATION - Change the theme of the entire app, throughout all views - Choose between millions of colors for backgrounds, texts, and accents PLAYER STYLES - 6 new player styles; Blobs, Angular, Linear, Colorful, Solid, and Black - Better use of adaptive color, which uses the colors in a song’s art - New timed background, Angular, which animates to the current time of the Now Playing song PLAYER CONTROLS - Customize your player’s control buttons and swipes - Choose between next song or skip 5s, 10s, or 15s - Choose between previous song or rewind 5s, 10s, or 15s - Swipe in the player to go next, back, skip, or rewind REAL-TIME EQ AND EFFECTS - Tap into an 8-band equalizer to adjust the frequencies of music in real-time - Add reverb effects like plate, small room, cathedral, and more - Add distortion effects like lofi drums, echo, cellphone concert, and more - All audio processing is done in real-time without any skipping or delay PLAYER REDESIGN - Bigger, bolder time slider - Minimizes to the MiniPlayer when using Up Next or Audio Effects - Use Audio Effects and Up Next at the same time - Customizable swipe gestures for ease of use while driving CUSTOM PLAYLISTS - Create your own, custom playlists with an unlimited number of songs - Customize the animated playlist art by choosing background and text colors - Listen to community-curated playlists NOW PLAYING WIDGETS - Add small and medium widgets to your home and lock screen - Medium home screen widget shows up next - Changes dynamically IMPROVED BROWSE - 10x improved LOADING performance throughout the entire app - More sections and better use of recommendations - Edit your recommendations in Settings - Top 100 songs interactive view - Better design and use of space for iPad and Mac IMPROVED SEARCH - Search songs, artists, and playlists - Better relevance filtering to find what you want quicker - Filter based on what type of item you are searching for OTHER THINGS - BOLD Music is now on iPhone, iPad, and Mac! - Greater details are provided for artists and playlists - Receive Now Playing notifications - Updated app icon with 30 alternative customizations - Redesigned Now Playing dock - Add playlist and artist songs to Up Next - Improved shuffling and Up Next management - Redesigned alerts - Greatly improved context menus throughout all items (long press a song to see) - Massive amount of bug fixes (too many to fit on this screen) ### 3.2 — 2022-01-27 This version brings many performance and stability improvements. We're also removing targeted ads from BOLD Music to bring a safer experience to our users in addition to new features. BROWSE - Discover more music, genres, artists than ever before - Check out recommended genres for you ARTISTS - New design changes - Fixes issues with design and performance GENRES - Design update brings an even better experience - Fixes an issue where the wrong song would display when haptic pressing PLAYER - Fixes design issues with adaptive color TARGETED ADS - We refuse to let our users be targeted by ad companies, therefore targeted ads have been removed OTHER THINGS (BUG FIXES) - Performance and loading times are better throughout the app - Loading Browse, artists, and songs is much quicker - Other minor bug fixes ### 3.1.1 — 2021-09-27 This version contains minor bug fixes and general improvements. 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